12 Rules to Learn to Code New Template 2021

Learning to code is a bit like 
going to the gym.
use a new tool. Keep learning, stay relevant. 
Are you a web developer who always wanted to get into 
mobile development? Pick a platform and learn iOS or 
Android. Are you a front-end developer who is tempted by 
the full-stack? Pick up web development with Node. If you 
already understand the core programming concepts, 
picking up a few more languages will be a lot easier than 
starting from scratch. 
“Learn x in y minutes” is a great resource for existing 
programmers to learn new programming languages. Check 
out their resources here: 
learnxinyminutes.com
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RULE NINE
Play Foosball
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When you see Hollywood 
movies about programmers,
they’re usually sat in front of a laptop, mashing the 
keyboard like they’re in some sort of high-stakes “smash 
the mole” game. 
When you see real programmers working. They tend to 
look like this:
Yep, that’s right. No typing. Just staring. A lot of staring.
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Learning to code is a bit like 
going to the gym.
In a company, people tend to complain that the 
programmers are always playing foosball or doing 
something else that doesn’t look like work. People might 
not be able to tell, but they are in fact working. 
When you see them enjoying their foosball game, laughing 
and joking, they’re probably suffering inside. For there’s a 
bug, there’s always a bug. Or there’s something mysterious 
about their code that they can’t work out. Maybe the code 
is working perfectly, but unexpectedly (programmers don’t 
like anything unexpected by the way). Like if they just 
typed out a thousand lines in one go
，
and unexpectedly 
there are no errors. 
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